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After defecting from the Soviet Union in 1990, he became a Senior
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Alexander Prokofiev between 1970 and 1978. Upon graduation, he joined the Classical Ballet Company, where he spent three years touring around the world. It was with this company that he first danced Romeo, a role that was to become one of his most acclaimed. In 1981 he won the
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In April 1992, Mukhamedov led his own small group of Royal Ballet dancers called Irek
Mukhamedov and Company, which performed in England and Spain. For the London season, Mukhamedov invited Kim Brandstrup and Arc Theatre Company to join him. Kim Brandstrup created a new ballet for Mukhamedov,
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which was subsequently filmed for television and transmitted on the BBC at
Christmas 1992. He appeared on numerous television shows and was subject of a one-hour Omnibus documentary in 1991.
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in Paris in 1996, and in 1998 he received the
Nijinsky Medal and was invited to become President of the Legat Society. In January 2000 he was awarded the OBE in the New Years Honours List.
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for him in 1984. His international tours with the
Bolshoi earned him a huge fan-base and in 1988 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Best Dancer in the World.
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as a principal dancer, where he not only became
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was so impressed by his talent that she chose him for one of the lead roles in her first full-length ballet for The Royal Ballet,
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Grand Prix and gold medal at the
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Mukhamedov stopped dancing regularly in 2004, but returned to the stage in the mid-2010s.
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Mukhamedov danced the role of the baker in the 2021 ballet film,
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